Paul Durcan
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Paul Durcan is a contemporary Irish poet, born in Dublin on October 16, 1944, famous for his self-deprecating wit, and wry analysis of the condition of the Irish male in society.
His main published collections include: A Snail in my Prime, Crazy About Women, Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil and Cries of an Irish Caveman.
He is a member of Aosdána.
In 2003 he published a collection of his weekly addresses to the nation, Paul Durcan's Diary, on RTÉ Radio I program Today with Pat Kenny.
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[edit] Awards
- 1974 Patrick Kavanagh Award
- 1989 Irish American Cultural Institute Poetry Award
- 1990 The Whitebread Prize (Daddy, Daddy)
- London Poetry Book Society choice for The Berlin Wall Café.
[edit] Poetry books
- Endsville [with Brian Lynch] (New Writers' Press, 1967)
- O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor (Anna Livia Press, 1975)
- Sam's Cross (Profile Press, 1978)
- Teresa's Bar (The Gallery Press, 1976; revised edition, The Gallery Press, 1986)
- Jesus, Break his Fall (The Raven Arts Press, 1980)
- Ark of the North (Raven Arts Press, 1982)
- The Selected Paul Durcan (edited by Edna Longley, The Blackstaff Press, 1982)
- Jumping the Train Tracks with Angela (Raven Arts Press / Carcanet New Press, 1983)
- The Berlin Wall Café (The Blackstaff Press, 1985)
- Going Home to Russia (The Blackstaff Press, 1987)
- Daddy, Daddy (The Blackstaff Press, 1990)
- Crazy About Women (The National Gallery of Ireland, 1991)
- A Snail in My Prime. New and Selected Poems, (The Harvill Press /The Blackstaff Press, 1993)
- Give Me Your Hand (MacMillan, 1994)
- Christmas Day (The Harvill Press, 1997)
- Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil(The Harvill Press, 1999)
- Cries of an Irish Caveman (The Harvill Press, 2001)
- The Art of Life (The Harvill Press, 2004)
[edit] Reference
The Kilfenora Teaboy, (ed. Colm Tóibín, New Island Books, 1997;) ISBN 1-874597-31-6
